House bill · 106th Congress · Public Law 106-131

Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1999

H.R. 449Introduced Feb 2, 1999Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources

Became law on Dec 7, 1999.

Sponsor: Rep. Robert Borski D-PA

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Where it went

IntroducedFeb 2, 1999
Committee actionMar 3, 1999
Passed HouseApr 12, 1999 · by voice vote
Passed SenateNov 19, 1999 · by unanimous consent
To the PresidentNov 30, 1999
Became lawDec 7, 1999

Latest action: Dec 7, 1999 — Became Public Law No: 106-131.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 449.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 449, Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1999” on March 10, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Resources on March 3,1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 10, 1999 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11411
CBO publication date
March 10, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 449, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/449
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 449, Gateway Visitor Center Authorization Act of 1999” on May 25, 1999. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 19, 1999”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 25, 1999 ↗
Evidence
Field in the Congress.gov record
cboCostEstimates
CBO publication
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/11557
CBO publication date
May 25, 1999
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 449, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/449
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a75fae126d73e7a157830408940c03964dbad173b67498f09d1b404bccc30fa
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
Committee reportsCongress.gov lists 2 committee reports for this bill: S. Rept. 106-68 ↗; H. Rept. 106-66 ↗.
Source: Congress.gov, reported June 7, 1999 ↗
Evidence
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committeeReports
Report API records
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/SRPT/68
https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/106/HRPT/66
Congress.gov bill record
H.R. 449, 106th Congress
Congress.gov API record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/449
Record last updated by Congress.gov
September 8, 2026
PORKER copy retrieved
September 14, 2026
Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5a75fae126d73e7a157830408940c03964dbad173b67498f09d1b404bccc30fa
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From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 449, last updated September 8, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

8 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 4 Democrats

4 of 8 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.

Robert Brady (D-PA), Phil English (R-PA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Tim Holden (D-PA), Ron Klink (D-PA), John Peterson (R-PA), H. Saxton (R-NJ), Curt Weldon (R-PA).

More from the sponsor

Other 106th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Borski.

Sponsor’s state and district

Pennsylvania in Congress · PA-3 district

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Data as of Sep 28, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.